Holly+Nelson


 * About Me **: I am attending Spring Arbor to pursue my teaching certificate in elementary education. From the beginning of first grade I hated school. And I hated it the entire time until I graduated college after 5 years of attending CMU with a geology degree. When I was done with school, I decided I was done with rocks. I had fallen down a mountain, sat on a cactus, figured out I have an immunity to poison ivy, rowed across the Rio Grande without a passport for $2.00 to have lunch in Mexico (PHEW! We made it back! I have never been more nervous in my entire life.), and when I graduated I decided I had had as much excitement as rocks were going to get me. So I became the toddler teacher at a child care center in Walloon Lake-or as I like to call it- a professional potty trainer! I had to quit my job there when I fell down the stairs and herniated two disks in my back and needed surgery to repair one of them.


 * My Family: ** My husband and I have been married for 13 years and have been together for over 20 years. We have two awesome kids. Noel, 8, is our oldest. She takes after my husband and is up for anything. She LOVES to try new things and scares me every single day. Bodie, 5, is our youngest. He takes after me and really doesn't like anything that he hasn't done before. My 89 year old grandmother is my best friend and we talk on the phone at least once a day. She is a wonder woman and is in better shape than I am. (I had back surgery at 24/She can lift a couch over her head with one arm while vacuuming with the other.)


 * Three Truths and a Lie: **
 * I've gone to a concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills by myself
 * I went to the UK with just a backpack for 10 days
 * I have no patience for boy bands
 * My main reason for wanting to teach is because I HATED school